Palestine - Household Cultural Survey 2014

Reference ID

PSE-PCBS-HCULT-2014-V1.0

Year

2014

Country

Palestine

Producer(s)

Palestinian Central Bureau of statistics - Palestinian National Authority

Sponsor(s)

Core Funding Group - CFG - Data Collection/ processing/ printing of Main Finding Report
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC - Data Collection/ processing/ printing of Main Finding Report
Palestinian National Authority - PNA - Dat

Collection(s)

Household Culture

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Last modified

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Overview

Identification

Country

Palestine

Title

Household Cultural Survey 2014

Translated Title

مسح الثقافة الاسري 2014

Study Type

Sample Frame, Households

Series Information

Available statistics on Palestinian society in the West Bank and Gaza Strip indicates a lack of any data pertaining to Palestinian Culture before 1994. The series of conducting culture survey was as follows:

1) Culture Survey_1996: Was conducted as an annex from labor survey, April_May,1995

2) Cultural Status in the Palestinian Territory,1999\2000: Was conducted by using data based on the findings of the individual questionnaire in the Time Use Survey 1999/2000.

3) Mass Media Survey, 2000: Data include many indicators relevant to many subjects related to mass media use (auto_visual or written mass media).

4) Computer, Internet and Mobile Phone Survey, 2004: Data include indicators relevant to mass media use as well as visiting cultural institutions and practicing cultural activities.

5) Households Survey on Information and Communications Technology, 2006: Data include indicators relevant to mass media use as well as practicing cultural activities.

6) Household Culture Survey, 2009: Was conducted for the first time as independent survey.

7) Household Culture Survey, 2014: The questionnaire of household culture survey 2009 was improved to conclude new cultural indicators.

ID Number

PSE-PCBS-HCULT-2014-V1.0

Version

Version Description

Version 1.0 (edited/final), based on data files and other material downloaded from PCBS website on December 2014.

Production Date

2014-12-27

Overview

Abstract

Within the scope of the efforts of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in the provision of official statistics on various aspects of Palestinian life of the Palestinian society, and given the importance of culture and its role in the human life and the resulting rights for the role of the impact on building society as a whole, the Central Bureau of Statistics implementated a survey on culture of households and individuals in Palestine, to provide the necessary quantitative data on this dimension in the process of composition of the Palestinian rights.

The Household Culture Survey aims to provide quantifiable indicators related to cultural activities and the role of

modern methods of media in spreading the culture; examples of such information include:

·Availability of a home library, type of library collection and the culture of reading.

·Tendency to listen to the radio or viewing television.

· Popularity to visit cultural institutions and the practice of individuals to cultural activities.

· Popularity of TV and broadcasting stations and the main sources of entertainment and recreation.

·Proliferation of newspapers and magazines and how to obtain them, and the sections of the newspapers that have the largest number of readers.

·The scope of household monitoring to the type of television programs being viewed by children, and the number of hours being spent watching television.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis

Household.

Person 10 years and over .

Scope

Notes

The survey questionnaire was developed based on the identified needs and after discussion with stakeholders. A workshop was conducted at the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics as part of the user producer dialogue to discuss the indicators of the survey.

The forms of the survey consists of identification data of the questionnaire, quality controls, in addition to three main sections:

Section I: Data about household members that include identification fields as well as characteristics of household members (demographic and social) such as the relationship of individuals to head of household, sex, birth date, and age.

Section II: Household data includes information on the availability of library and its collection, access to newspapers and listening to radio stations and the acquisition of TV set and DVD. In addition, this section includes information on topics related to watching TV, the preferred TV programs as well as the monitoring of households to their children (5-17 years old) while watching television.

Section III: Data on persons (aged 10 years or more), which includes information about reading newspapers and magazines and periodical publication, and the habit of reading books and type of books that persons read. In addition, the information also includes watching television, listening to the radio, and listening to the Voice of Palestine. Also, indicators about the practices of persons of the cultural activities in their free time and places they visit.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
community, urban and rural life [13.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Keywords

Cultural Activity

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Palestine (West Bank and Gaza Strip) , type of locality (Urban, Rural, Refugee Camps) and governorate

Geographic Unit

Governorate

Universe

All Palestinian households and individuals whose usual place of residence in Palestine with focus on persons aged 10 years and over in year 2014.

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
Palestinian Central Bureau of statistics	Palestinian National Authority

Other Producer(s)

Name	Affiliation	Role

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Core Funding Group	CFG	Data Collection/ processing/ printing of Main Finding Report
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation	SDC	Data Collection/ processing/ printing of Main Finding Report
Palestinian National Authority	PNA	Data Collection/ processing/ printing of Main Finding Report

Other Acknowledgements

Name	Affiliation	Role
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation	SDC	Data Collection/ processing/ printing of Main Finding Report
Palestinian National Authority	PNA	Data Collection/ processing/ printing of Main Finding Report

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statisitics	PCBS	Palestinian National Authority	production of reference material

Date of Metadata Production

2014-12-08

DDI Document Version

Version 1.0 (December 2014)

DDI Document ID

DDI-PSE-PCBS-HCULT-2014-V1.0